Hopatcong 28, Kittatinny 7 On Hopatcong’s first play from scrimmage, Joe Martinek set the trend as he raced 64 yards down the left sideline to open the scoring for the Chiefs, who defeated Kittatinny 28-7. Martinek, who finished with 221 yards on 23 carries, set a New Jersey career rushing record two minutes into the second quarter when he raced around the right end for 28 yards to the Cougars’ 14-yard line, breaking the existing standard of 6,720 yards set by Keyport’s Kenny Cattouse in 2003. It was the fifth win in six tries for the Chiefs, the defending NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group II champions as Martinek scored three six-pointrers. Kittatinny dropped to 4-2. Lenape 48, Newton 35 Mike Groome turned in a awesome display of power as he toted the pigskin 29 times, churning out 296 yards while scoring five times on runs of five, 60, seven, 18 and 17 yards as Lenape Valley outscored Newton 48-35. Groome was selected the SCIL/Richards and Summers Football Player of the week by the Metropolitan New York Football Writers Association. Steve Zander, Newton’s quarterback, kept the Braves in contention by completing 23 of 49 aerial attempts for 332 yards in addition to picking up 57 yards rushing on 10 carries while scoring twice on runs of two and two yards. He flipped TD passes of 19 and five yards to Jared Zappa and hooked up with Sam Paul on a 48-yard TD bomb. PJ 41, Jefferson 14 Pope John surged to a 33-6 lead by the halftime intermission in defeating Jefferson 41-14 as the unbeaten Lions won their sixth straight. Junior co-captain Connor McGrath scored three times from his fullback slot on runs of two and 21 yards while hauling in a TD strike of 20 yards from quarterback Eugene McGuire who connected on 10 of 16 aerial attempts for 130 yards. Jeremy Tucker, who finished with 213 yards rushing on 32 touches, opened the scoring with a 48-yard run to the paydirt in the first quarter. And Robert Russo put six-points on the board for the defense when he recovered a fumble in the end zone. Sparta 26, High Point 6 Sparta defeated High Point 26-6 as linebacker Brandon Dock keyed the “D” unit, recording eight tackles and racking up three quarterback sacks. Chris Hoffman scored twice on runs of nine and one yards while signal caller Brendan McDonough opened the scoring in the first quarter when he tossed an eight-yard TD strike to Russell Mastriani. John Chirico completed the scoring in the fourth quarter when he scampered 16 yards to paydirt.